Controversy
In 1967, the New York Times reported on "frat-branding" - the alleged use of a hot branding iron to make a "D" shaped scar on new fraternity members. The fraternity's then president George W. Bush stated that they were "only cigarette burns."
In 1989, Colgate University banned all DKE activities after the officials found members guilty of hazing, blackballing and other violations of university regulations. In 2005 Colgate University barred DKE from campus for refusing to sell its house to the school and join a new student-residence initiative. DKE filed a lawsuit charging that the school violated its right to free association as well as antitrust laws by monopolizing the student housing market. In 2006 the Supreme Court of Madison County found that the fraternity had failed to state a cause of action and that its claim was "time-barred."
In 2010, the University of Minnesota's Interfraternity Council banned DKE from homecoming and other Greek-related events for four years based on a report of sexual misconduct by a party-goer.
In October 2010, Yale's DKE chapter came under fire after its members shouted inflammatory and misogynistic chants at an Old Campus pledge ritual. The chapter's president apologized for the fraternity's conduct, but Yale's feminist magazine "Broad Recognition" called for administrative action against the leadership of DKE. As of October 24, 2010, Dean Mary Miller of Yale College has strongly recommended to the DKE National Executive Director, Dr. Douglas Lanpher, that the chapter at Yale be put on probation indefinitely. On May 17, 2011, the chapter was put on suspension for five years. The order bars DKE from conducting any activities on the Yale campus during that time.
In January 2011, the DKE chapter at the University of Alberta had its student group status suspended for five years due to hazing activity.
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